The law-enforcers established that illegal production was organized in Nizhyn by local enterpriser. The facility had operated in leased warehouses in industrial district of town. The dealer produced counterfeit milk products of famous foreign brand in unsanitary conditions, with the use of unknown origin milk products waste.

The special service officials recorded that on the average the facility produced one ton of final product, which the dealer sold to trading networks throughout Ukraine.

During searches at the place of illegal production the SBU officials jointly with the police detected equipment for production of counterfeit products, containers with dangerous chemical substances, packaging material and over three hundred of boxes with final product worth a total of one million UAH.

Urgent events for removing counterfeit milk products from sale are under way.

The criminal proceeding under Article 227 of the Criminal code of Ukraine was initiated.